RHSA-2017:1856

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2017-08-01 00:00 - Updated: 2026-09-20 10:59
Summary
security update for qemu-kvm
Severity
Moderate
Notes
Title of the patch: security update for qemu-kvm
Description of the patch: This security update provides a functional equivalent of RHSA-2017:1856. The original Red Hat(R) advisory is available from the Red Hat web site at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1856.
Patchnames: RHSA-2017:1856
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
CVE-2016-4020
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 7:qemu-img-10:1.5.3-141.el7.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 7:qemu-kvm-10:1.5.3-141.el7.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 7:qemu-kvm-common-10:1.5.3-141.el7.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 7:qemu-kvm-tools-10:1.5.3-141.el7.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact low
CVE-2017-2633
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
Recommended 4 products, the same list as for CVE-2016-4020
Threats
Impact low
CVE-2017-5898
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
Recommended 4 products, the same list as for CVE-2016-4020
Threats
Impact moderate
References
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